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Presented in partnership with the National Arts Council, #StayHomeStayLit2020 is a digital campaign that aims to draw Singaporeans closer to the local arts scene through conversations led by homegrown authors, artists, musicians and designers on Sing Lit Station’s Instagram page, and at the same, provide ample reading material to keep everyone's spirits up at home.
Additionally, #StayHomeStayLit2020 also hopes to commission artists and writers during this time of Covid-19 to support them and their works, as well as to bring attention to independent bookstores and local publishers to ensure they can stay afloat during this period of crisis.
In all, 33 creatives will present 33 SingLit book recommendations under this digital campaign, where artist-designers will review and create an original response to a SingLit book using their medium of choice – from drawing and graphic design, to singing and even instruments.
In turn, readers are also invited to to join the conversation and send in fan art responses by tagging their #SingLit reviews with #StayHomeStayLit2020. Six lucky winners will each walk away with one of the featured #SingLit titles from independent bookstores and local publishers.
Here are some highlights, where local literature provided a window to reinvent perspectives and revive memories:
New and ongoing:
The Ghost Who Pinched Me
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Immerse yourself in Rachele Ho’s (@__rachele) ethereal dreamscape, inspired by Mabel Gan’s (@theghostwhopinchedme) “The Ghost Who Pinched Me” - a series of stories of thoughts and observations made through a 10-year-old's eyes on her experiences of loss, sisterhood and the death of her world as she knows it.
The HDB Murders
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Put on your sleuthing hats and and free-fall into a world of mystery, suspense and vengeance, carefully captured within the lines of Jasmine’s Ho’s (@jjasmm) hypnotic piece, inspired by Daren Goh’s “The HDB Murders”. The book follows Minister Chew's role in trying to solve erratic and unexplained murders through different HDB sites.
From previous weeks:
These Foolish Things and Other Stories
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Sneak a peek into unexplored realms through Jeanette Yap’s (@jhawnette) technicolour dream inspired by Yeo Wei Wei’s (@yeoweiwei) “These Foolish Things and Other Stories” - a story of a girl and her absentee but unconventional mother.
The Woman Who Turned Into a Vending Machine
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Take a walk into the stranger side of life, and let go of your fears and inhibitions with Wanjie Li’s (@uuanjie) perceptive inquiry into the world of Natalie Wang’s (@natwangthecat) “The Woman Who Turned Into a Vending Machine” - a book of poems that celebrates otherness, transformation and the troubling/troublant.
